diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ccf74fb..cac943a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ With functional programming aspects found in langauges like Kotlin, Scala, and s
 In order to make the library functional programming friendly, JsonPathLite returns *null* rather than throwing exceptions while evaluating a *path* against a JSON object. Throwing exceptions breaks flow control and should be reserved for exceptional errors only.
 
 ## Getting started
-JsonPathLite is available at the JCenter Repository.
+JsonPathLite is available at the Maven Central repository.
 
 **POM**
 ```xml
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ JsonPathLite is available at the JCenter Repository.
 
 **Gradle**
 ```gradle
+repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven { url "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/groups/public" } // for snapshot builds
+}
+
 dependencies {
     implementation 'com.nfeld.jsonpathlite:json-path-lite:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT'
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 63983b6..fe6f5b7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ group 'com.nfeld.jsonpathlite'
 version = '1.0.0' + (snapshotVersion ? "-SNAPSHOT" : "")
 
 repositories {
-    jcenter()
+    mavenCentral()
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/publish.gradle b/publish.gradle
index 6c97a4c..02eae31 100644
--- a/publish.gradle
+++ b/publish.gradle
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ publishing {
                 // publish to local repo
                 url = uri("$buildDir/repository")
             } else {
-                url "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2"
+                if (snapshotVersion) {
+                    url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
+                } else {
+                    url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2"
+                }
                 credentials {
                     username sonatypeUsername
                     password sonatypePassword
@@ -107,6 +111,6 @@ if (!publishLocal) {
 }
 
 signing {
-    required { !snapshotVersion }
+//    required { !snapshotVersion }
     sign configurations.archives
 }
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